Typewriting machine



H. S. LASHER.

TYPEWRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILEDJULY 9,1919.

1,409, 1 89.- Patented Mar. 14,1922. I 4 4 SHEETS-SHEET}.

R v v i H. S. LASHER. I TYIPEWRITING MAQHINE, APPLICATION FILEDQJULY9-,1919.

Patented Maii M, 1922.

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H. S. LASHER.

TYPEWRITKNG MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED Jun e, 1919.

Patented Mar.14,1922

4 SHEETS-SHEETA.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Hmm s. LASI-IER,'0F NEW YORK, N. Y., Assrcnon 'I'O UNDEnwooD TYPEWRITERoomrANY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

TYPEWRITING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

Application filed July 9, 1919 serialvlio. 309,711.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hnmzvr S. LASHER, a citizen of the. United States,residing in the borough of the Bronx, in the county of the Bronx, cityand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Typewriting Machines,of which the following is a Specification.

way by employing a machine of the type illustrated in the Wernery &Smith Patent, No. 1,132,055, in which the revoluble platen isdisplaceable upwardly for convenience-in manipulating the sheets, and inwhich the carbons may be shifted back from time to time relatively tothe web or webs upon which the condensed records are to be made.

ends of one or more webs or plies (which may be either separate or infan-fold form) are led around the platen and adjusted j .up in frontthereof, and the leading edges are caught by a clip provided upon acarrier which is used to advance the webs as the and-connected tothe'blades of the carboncarrier, as set forth in said patent. Theoutside sheet, which may be a ledger sheet, is

now introduced-t0 occupy a position upon the platen in front of thewebs, so that the ribbon copy will be typed upon the ledger-sheet whilethe web or webs willbear the carbon type impressions. The carbon sheet,that lies between the ledger sheet and the lower sheet of the web, isadvantageously caught by the clip together with the front edges oftheweb.

Inorderto introduce the ledger-sheet, the

platen is shifted up in themanner-set forth in said patent, and the webis introduced horizontally, bottom edge first, back. between the .frontof the platen'and a guiding apron which may be the usual "knife andtherefore stands a little in front of the platen. When the platen hasbeen displaced, as aforesaid, it overlies the apron or guide so that'therear or bottom edge of the In carrying out the invention, the leadingsheet may be very readily inserted between the knife and the (platen.The ledger-sheet may be then shove backwardly to about the position fortyping a line thereon and accurately positioned vby a back scale. Thenthe platen may be dropped or restored to its printing ROSltlOIl, and, ifnecessary, the leading edge of the ledger-sheet may be adjusted toascale which extends vertically or inclined backwardly from the deliveryside of the platen. The scales are numbered 2:. intervals to agree withthe intervals of the horizontallines ruled upon the ledger-sheet. If thetyping is tobe done upon line 1 of the sheet, then the leading edge ofthe sheet is adjusted to the figure l? on the scale, and so on; thelines upon the sheet being preferably numbered from top to bottom of thesheet, while the scale is numbered from bottom to top thereof,correspondingly. Dur- 1ng this final adjustment of the ledger-sheettotyping position, if there are bottom feedrolls and casting ofi' meanstherefor, they may be cast oil from the platen, or the adustment may beeffected 'just before the platen reaches its printing position and whileit is still separated a little from th feed-rolls.

The operator then types the line upon the ledger-sheetand carbon copiesthereof are pr l))duced upon the nlv or plies of recordwe At thecompletion of .a line of writing, the

operator rotates the platen by means of the usual line-space handle, atthe same time returning the platen or carriage to position to begin anew line. Since it is often the practice to make only a single lineentry upon the ledger-sheet, the line-spacing mechanism may be regulated'so that the platen is advanced two line-spaces at the return of the'carriagee This produces a blank line between the entries upon the'condensed record-sheets or webs.

After thus line-spacing the sheets, the operator advances the carrier towhich the leading edges of the webs are clipped. This carrier may bemounted upon a track, which extends upwardly and rearwardly from thedelivery side of the platen parallel with the 'scale aforementioned. Thetrack may have notches at intervals equal tothe line-spacing movementsof the platen to detain the carrier at the proper point in eachinstance. In

. some forms of the device the carrier may be automatically advanced, asby the line-space mechanism. 7

The item being thus typed and thelinespacing being thus attended to thenext step may be to replace the typed ledger-sheet by a secondledger-sheet, In performing this operation,.the platen may be firstdisplaced v upwardly :to bring all the sheets to horizontal condition,as in said patent, and then the second sheet is introduced while thefirst remains in the machine. The second sheet is thrust backwardly,bottom" edge first, advantageously between the first record-sheet andthe platen so that the first sheet forms an apron for guiding the secondsheet into the machine, this being a great convenience. Thereupon, theoperator retains the second sheet in the machine :while he withdraws thefirst sheet which is then ready for restora .tion to the ledger. Thesecond sheet is then manipulated in the manner already describedrespecting the first sheet, that. is, the platen is swung downwardly andthe second sheet is adjusted to the point 1, 2, 3, or whatever it mightbe upon the scale corresponding with the line upon which the typing isto be doneon the record sheet.

The p'ly or plies of web are preferably provided with transverseperforations at suitable intervals, say of 10, 12,.or 14 inches, as maybe desired, so that after one of these lengths of web is filled withtyped copies of the record orled'ger-sheet, it may be readily torn offfrom, the web. Before this is'done, however, the carbon-carrier isthrust back to withdraw the carbons from the typed portion of thewebs,so that they will not be torn off, and to bring them into position foruse with the next section of the web, this operation being explained insaid patent. Thus, the operation of making condensed records upon sheetsof uniform size may proceed unhas been advanced by the platen andbefore.

the clip has been advanced to holdit stretched out.

Figure 4 is a face view, of one kind of work-sheet adapted to be used inthis machine.

Figure 5 is a sectional side view of the platen and adjacent parts innormal writing.

position.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary rear view of the slide upon which the clip ismounted.

Figure '7 is a dissected perspective View of the clip, showingthe'relationship of the parts.

. Figure 8 is a sectional view of the clip, as seen looking along theslide-on which it is mounted.

' Figure 9 is a sectional side view of-the principal parts associatedwith the platen when the platen is thrown up topermit the insertion of anew work-sheet.

Figure 10' is a perspective view of a modification having a device foradvancing the clip automatically.

Figure 11 is a section through a clutching device for drawing on thecord which advances the clip.

Figure 12 is aside view, partly in section, of the parts shown in Figure10.

Figure 13 is a plan vlew of the connections between the line-spacemechanism and the cord for advancing the clip.

Figure 14 is a fragmentary perspective rear View of a support to showthe scale thereon.

In the Underwood continuous fan-fold billing machine, as machines of thegeneral type of the'Wernery & Smith patent are frequently called, thetypewriter carriage 1 travels upon rails'2, being drawn along by aspring barrel, not shown, at each act ation of a type-bar 3, saidtype-bars controlling the usual escapement mechanism, not shown. A- webor webs 4 are drawn from the rear over'the usual rear rod 5 and passdownwardly over a paper table 6 beneath a platen 7 and up in front ofthe platen, so 'that-the type-bars 3 may print "thereon at the usualprinting line.

In said machines, the platen is journaled byit's a Xle 8 in a swingframe 9, so as to carry it upwardly and forwardly away from the usualfront and rear feed-rolls 10 and 11 into the'F'igu're 9 position, inwhich position the webs 4 may be drawn forwardly,

substantially straight, with the result that they may slip over-theusual carbon sheets is 12, which are clipped onto the usual carbon papercarriage 13. For holding the carbon, sheets, the carbon carriage 13comprises side pieces'14 from which project in- 'wardly clip barsr15alternately on opposite sides of the carriage, so that a carbon sheet 12clipped to one of said bars may lie between every fold of a fan-foldedweb, The side pieces 14. of the carriage 13 are mount- IQB ed uponabottom plate 16, which is usually adapted to be removedfrom the body ofthe carriage, said body including. a mounting 17 .for rolls 18 by whichthe carriage runs upon the side rails 19. The side rails 19 are rigidlyattached to the typewriter carriage l-by means of brackets 20, andextend rearwardly to the cross-piece or rod 5, and each rail hasdepending therefrom an ear 21, on which is journaled a roll 22-, whichtravels upon the usual rail 23 which serves to support the rear end ofthe rails 19. Normally,

' the platen, as has been stated, lies against the feed rolls 10 andll,and it is adapted to be locked down in that position by means of hooks24, which are fast upon a shaft 25 and hook over rolls or ears 26 uponthe swing frame 9; In Figure 14 the hook and car are shown outside ofthe swing frame, to avoid interference with other parts described below.

When the typist desires to insert a sheet, in the manner illustrated inFigure 9, the typist presses rearwardly a finger-piece 27 forming anextension of one of the hooks 24, thus releasing the swing frame, andthen the typist swings the swing frame forwardly, usually bygrasping theupper front paper table 28 or'some extension thereof.

When the swing frame reaches the Figure 91 position, it is supported bymeans of bumpers, not'shown, thus leaving the hands of the typist freeto manipulate the work-sheets. The device of the present invention isespecially adapted to enable loose work-sheets to be used in connectionwith continuous webs 4, which may be fan-folded or not, as desired. 1When the web or webs 4 and carbon sheets 12 are all ready in the machineand have been written on bythe types 3, receiving the impressionsthereof through the carbon sheets 12, the typist withdraws the old loosework-sheet 29 already in the machine after inserting the new work-sheet.

To conveniently accomplish this, the old work-sheet 29 is allowed toremain in the machine while a new work-sheet 30 is being inserted, andthe newwork-sheet is inserted between the old work-sheet 29 and theoutside carbon sheet 31 of the sheets 12 on the carbon carriage 14. Theoutside carbon sheet '31, together with the other carbon sheets and theweb sheets, is advantageously held by a clip 32 adjustable upon anextension or support 33 of the-paper tab1e 28.'

Thus, the work-sheet 30 when insertedand pushed rearwardly is unabletodrag the out side carbon 31 rearwardly with it. Each new and oldwork-sheet 29 and 30 is usually in the form of a record sheet having abody 34, which may or may not be provided with suitable rulings, saidrecord sheet also'having an extension 35 at its bottom to serve 7 forbinding purposes. Where sheets of this character'areused, the oldwork-sheet 29, even when its last line has been written upon, will -liein the position shown in Figure'9 at the time it is to be removed, itslower extension 35 lying upon or extending behind a guide 36 which formsthe top of-the paper table 37. This being the case, the oldwork-sheet 29guides the new work-sheet 30 up over the guide 36 and backwardly over itas far as the purposes of the work in hand may require, said newwork-sheet curving, asit may happen to, downwardly beneath the carbonpaper carriage 13, or resting on intermediate rods thereof, not shown.There is little tendency for the work-sheet 29 or for the webs 4 to sagbetween the guide 36 and the clip 32 since both'pass between a knife 38and the platen 7,,said knife forming part of the usualswing frame 9;-When a new work-sheet has been inserted in this way, it may be alignedby means of a scale 39 upon the back of an extension 40, which may beprovided according to my invention. If the head of the new work-sheet30is so short that its upper end is concealed by the webs 4 when the firstwriting line reaches substantially its proper position, it may beinserted to any convenient position by the typist, and then the swingframe 9 may be swung towardits Figure 1 position, but not in contactwith its feed-rolls 10 and 11, thus permitting the new work-sheet 30 to-be accurately aligned, since it then is adjacent a scale 41 upon theextension 40, and may have its side held against the turned-up edge 42of the extension 40. When so positioned and held, the sheet is properlyaligned, and the carriage and the swing frame 9 may be then swungrearwardly to clamp the worksheets and webs in position by bringing theplaten against the feed rolls 10 and .11. The writing may then proceedin the usual manner.

The entries in the workforwhich this type of machine is especiallyadapted very often consist of only a single line apiece. If this isthecase, the typist actuates the usual line-space lever 43 at the end of aline. thus carrying rearwardly the line-space pawl 44,

to turn a double line-space the usual line space wheel 45, which, inmachines of the continuous fan-foldbilling type, is fast to meshes withthe pinion-48 fast to the axle- 8 of the platen 7 When the line-spaceleverhas been-actuated in this way, the web and associated carbon sheetswill appear as in Figure 3, bending into a bight or loop 50,=

the lo'oseness of which will vary with the advance of the platen by theline-space lever,

which is adapted to variably turn the platen according to'the settingofthe usual lever 49.

Before removing from the machine the sheet written on, which is-wnow thesheet 29, the typist slips the clip 32 upwardly along its support 33 adistance of a double linespace, i. e.', the amount the platen has beenturned, this serving to'separate the item just written clearly from theitem to follow. To do this conveniently, the clip 32 comprises a slidingbody 51 having ears 52 in which is mounted a pawl 53, whose nose 54 1sadapted to catch in the depressions of a rack 55 cut upon the back ofthe slide or extension 33, said rack advantageously being in the form ofshallow teeth out out of the plain surface -'of the extension 33. Thetypist will almost automaticfilly reach up and slip the clip 32 along acouple ofteeth to take up theslack of the bight 50, so that the websthen lie in the Figure 5 position. Then the typist releases the swingframe and swingsthe-platen to the Figure 9 position a to insert a newwork-sheet, as described above. ,In inserting the new work-sheet, thetypist merely notices the number in the column 56 of the line next to bewritten on, and ininserting the'new work-sheet brings the leading edgeof the sheet to the scale line correspondingly numbered upon theextension 40. I

When writing upon the sheets in the Figure 1 position, they lie notonlyupon the extension at the left-hand edge vof the front paper table28, but also upon an extension 57 springing from the right-hand edge ofthe paper table 28, said extension. 57 being also provided with aturned-up edge 58 to enable the webs to have their sides gagedthereagainst. The webs also lieupon the extension or support 33, and tosteady the supports, there is provided a cross-piece 59 which underliesthe extensions 40 and 57,

and is fast to them and to theextension 33 in any suitable manner; Theextensions 33, 57 and 40 may be detachably held to the mounting of thepaper table 28 by thumb screws 59*.

It will beobserved, especiallyfrom Figures'7 and 9, that the clip32 withits body mounting 51 is ofconsiderable length. To enable it to slidedown onto the paper table 28, the extension :33 may be in the. form of aT having a body 6.0- which rests upon the bottom of a'hollow 61 in thepaper table 28, said hollow being large enough to permit the body 51 ofthe cliptoextend as far down'as is necessary to seize the leading end ofthe webs .and carbon sheet when writing upon the first line-thereofbelow the usualLhealing. To enable the clip 32-to seize the work-'3sheets firmly, it comprises a. cross-piece 62" adapted to he upontheface of the extension.

33, and it also comprises side pieces63 having rabbets 64: adapted toslide along and catch under the edges of theextension 33. Thecross-piece62 may be hatched upon its surface. ,To hold the sheets against thehatched surface, a hatched jaw 65 maybe provided with ears 66 adapted tolie close to.

ears 67 projecting upwardly from the sidepieces'63, so that a pivot bar68will hold the jaw 65 in proper positiontoibe swung to and from thecross-bar or piece 62. The jaw 65 is provided with a rearwardlyextending tail 69, which is stifi though resilient, and which bearsagainst a cam 70 fast upon a "accurately align the weband carbon the jaw65 may comprise cars 74 adapted to serve as a leadin edge gage for them.

To permit the typist to shift'the clip 32 easily along the extension 33,the pawl 53 has an extension 74 forming a fingeriece for manipulatingthe pawl, and for shifting the clip 32 up and down the extension .33.

When a suitable length of webs. has been filled up "with entries,thislength may be severed from the bodyby drawing itagainst theknife 38,the webs being advantageously perforated at suitable regular intervals,as at 75'}, in, order to indicatethe point at which the severing shouldtake place. This is especially advantageous in certain kinds of work,

because the detached sections of web are often used as thesheets ofstock-ledgers or other ledgers, and for this purpose are bound 11p.inuleaves of uniform size. The length of the extensions 33, 40 a'nd 57required will depend upon the len h of the web-sheetto be detached.Usual y the heading of the portion of the web to be detached is leftblank because it is printed with a title, etc, and for this reasontheextension 33 need not brin the clip 32 down to the knife38.

. en a section of web has been completely filled up, the1 typistreleasesthe clip 32 by. rotatin the crank 7 2, and then usually swings the paten upwardly to the Figure 9 position, thus permitting the carboncarriage to be pushed rearwardly by the usual handle 75 to carry thecarbon sheets behind the edge oftheknife, the webs being held inthemeantimeby the typists finger or thumb. Then the typist swings theplatenback to, writing position, after havin drawn the webs forwardly ifneed be, ah thensevers the desired portion. Next the typist clips thenew ends of the webs and the carbon "sheets, including the outer carbonsheet, in

the clip 32, and before.

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 10,-the typist need notadvance the we s bypushing upon the' clip 32. To avoid the need fordoing this, there is shown the writing proceeds as a device forautomatically advancing the.

webs between entries. To enable the machine illustrated in Figure 10 tobe used for makin otherthan single-line entries, the web a vancing isillustrated as being actuated by theline-space mechanism. In effectingthis, the extension 33 may "or may not be provided with the raclr, andthe clip 32, which slides thereon, may be drawn by a cord 7 6 whichpasses around a pulley 77 at the top of the extension, so that thestretch of cord pulling on the clip 32 lies'along the center of 'theextension. From this point the cord 76 may be carried around a pulley'78 journaled in andguarded by an ear or loop 79, and be carrieddownwardly near the extension 40 to a reel 80 journaled upon the hub 81of the pinion 47, said'reel having a diameter equal to or a very littlelarger than the pitch diameter of thepinion 47, thereby advancing theclip 32 amounts equal to the line-spacing advance of the work-sheets bythe platen. In order to make the reel 80 tend to turn with the pinion47', there is provided a friction clutch between the two com- .prising afriction washer 82 lying against the body'of the pinion 47, and the reel80 has its face 83 pressed against the washer by means of a spring 84,which is held in place bya nut 85 screwed onto the hub 81. In order toguide the long stretch of the cord 7 6 along the extension 40, there maybe provided a guide pulley 86 journaled in an ear 87 fast on saidextension.

It will be observed that in every line-spacing operation the clip 32will advance with the web advancing around the platen, and

. that when it is desired to draw the clip 32 down to the bottom toattach it to. a new end of the web, the reel 80 will slip to permitthis, and upon subsequent line-spacing will proceed to wind up the web.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, andportions of the improvements may be used without others. Having thusdescribed my. in'vention,--I claim: j 1.- In a typewriting machine, thecombination with a traveling carriage and a revoluble platen, of feedrolls, a frame. in which said platen is adapted to be swung up clear ofsaid feed rolls to permit plies of web and carbonsheets to bestraightened out beneath the platen, and a clip above the platen to holdthe-web plies and an outside; carbon sheet .while' awork-sheet is beingvinserted in front thereof.

In a typewriting machine, thecombination with a traveling carriage and arevoluble platen, of feed rolls, a frame in whichsaid platen is adaptedto be swung up clear of said feed rolls to permit plies of web andcarbon sheets to be straightened out beneath the platen, a clip abovethe platen to hold the web plies and an outside carbon sheet while awork-sheet is being inserted in front thereof, and a rack upon 7 whichsaid clip is adapted to be set at linespace intervals.

3. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a traveling carriageand a revoluble platen, of feed rolls, a frame in which" said platen isadapted to be swung up clear of said feed rolls to permit plies of weband carbon sheets to be stralghtened out beneath the platen a knife insaid frame forming a support for the web when stretched out horizontallyat the raising of ;the platen, and a clip above the platen to holdthejwebplies and an outside carbon sheet clipped While a work-sheet isbeing insorted in front thereof, said knife adapted to support a-loosetyped work-sheet while a new. loose work-sheet is inserted between thetyped work-sheet and the clipped webs. 75

4:. In a typewriting machine, the combina? tion with a travelingcarriage and a revolu- =bleplaten, of feed rolls, a frame in which saidplaten is adapted to be swung up'clear' of said feed rolls to permitplies of web and carbon sheets to bestraightened out beneath the platen,a clip above the plater to hold the web plies-and an outside carbon.sheet while a work-sheet is being inserted in front I thereof, aline-space mechanism for the platen, and a connection whereby the clip'is advanced 'at the operation of the linespace mechanism. 3 I

5. In a typewriting machine, the combina: tion with a traveling carriageand a revolu- 90 ble platen and feed rolls, of a frame in wlilch saidplaten is adapted tobe swung up clear of said feed rolls to permit pliesof web and carbon sheets to be straightened out beneath the platen, apaper table above the platen, 96 including a support, a clip shdablealong said support to support the web and carbon sheets, a' front scaleto indicate the work-sheet line at the printing point of the platen, anda carbon 'paper'carriage adapted 100 to be pushed rearwardly when theplaten 1s swung up to withdraw the carbon sheets substantially to theprinting 1 llne of the platen. v

6. In a typewriting machine, fihBCOIIlbl-IOS nation with atravelingcarriage and a revoluble platen and feed rolls, of'a frame in which saidplaten is adapted to be swung up clear of said feed rolls to'permitplies of web and carbon sheetsntogbe {straightened out beneath thelaten,'a.pape r table above the platen, inclu ing a-support, a clipslid. able along said supportto support the web and carbon sheets, afront scale to indlcate the work-sheet line at the printing po nt of theplaten, as carbon papercarnage adapted to be pushed rearwardlywhen theplaten is swung up to withdraw thexcarbon sheets substantially ',to theprinting llne ofthe platen, and a scale upon the back of said carbonsheets to be straightened out beneath the platen, a clip above theplaten to hold the web plies and an outside carbon sheet, while awork-sheet is being inserted in front thereof, and apaper table behindthe platen extendin far enough forward near thetop of the p aten tocatch the bottom binding extension of the work-sheet whose bottomprinting line has just been written upon,

to enable said bottom extension to guide, the

new work-sheet .rearwardly over the top of the paper table. 8. In atypewriting machine, the combination with a traveling carriage and arevoluble platen, of feed rolls, a frame in' which said platen isadapted to be swung up clear of the feed-rolls to permit plies of weband carbon sheets to be straightened out beneath the platen, a papertable above the.

platen and'comprising extensions, a turnedup .edge on one extensionforming a side gage for the web, a turned-up edge on the other extensionforming a side gage for a separate work-sheet, and a clip forholding theplies ofweb and-carbon sheets against the table.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a traveling carriageand a revoluble platen, of feed rolls, a frame in which said platen isadapted to be swung up clear of said feed rolls to permit plies of weband carbon sheets to be straightened out be-.

' neath the platen, a support above the platen,

' a clip slidable upon said support .an

a. clip slidable upon said support and lying 7 close against it to holdthe web plies and carbon sheets, a line-space mechanism for said platen,a-shaft about which said frame swings, a pinion on said shaft formingpart I ofthe line-space mechanism, and a device 7 low the plane of theclip support, and means for detaining said clip on the support atline-space intervals. I

1 1. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a-traveling carriageand arevoluble platen,"of feed rolls,a frame in which said platen isadapted to be swung up "clear of said feed. rolls to permit plies ofweb.

and carbon sheets to be straightened out beneath the platen, a supportabove the laten,

d comprising aws adapted to grlp the plies of web and carbon sheets, ahandle for causing slidable upon said support and com-' said clip toseize or release the sheets and lying below the planeof the clipsupport, a

line spacing mechanism for said platen, a shaft on which said frame isadapted to be swung, apinion forming part of said mechanism mounted onsaid shaft, and a connection fonmovingilsaid clip by' said pinion at theturning of t e pinion, j

12. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a traveling carriageand a revoluble platen, of feed rolls,'a, frame in which said. platen isadapted to be swung up clear of said feed-rolls to'permit plies of weband carbonsheets to be straightened out beneath the platen, a supportupon the platen, a clip slidable upon said support an com= prising jawsadapted to grip the plies of web and carbon sheets, ahandle for saidclip lying below the plane of the clip support, a line-spacing mechanismfor'said platen, ashaft on which said frame-is adapted to be swung, apinion forming part of said mechanism mounted'on said shaft, a reel''slidably connected W1 h said pinion, a cord adapted to be wound on saidreel, and pulleys adapted to cause the winding of the cord to movethe'clip'line-space distances.

13. In a typew'riting machine, the combination with a travelingcarriage'and a revoluble platen, of feed rolls, a frame in which saidplaten is adapted to be swung-up clear of said feed rolls to permit"plies of web and carbon sheets to bestraightened out be neath theplaten, a clip above the platen. to hold. the web plies and an outsidecarbon sheet while a work-sheet is beinginserted in front thereof, arack upon which said clip is adapted to beset at line space intervals, aspring pawl for holding the clip positioned along the rack, andspring-0perated jaws for the clip normally adapted;

to grip'a-web ply and adapted to be released. .14. In atypewritingmachine, the combination with a traveling carriage anda revolubleplaten, of feed rolls, -a frame in which said platen is adapted tobeswung up clear'of said feed rolls, to permit plies. 0 web and carbonsheets tobe straightened" out beneath the platen, a clip above-theplaten to hold the web plies and an outside.

carbon sheet while a worksheet is bein inserted in front thereof, a rackupon w ich said clip is adapted to be set at line-space intervals, aspring pawl for holding'the clip positioned along the'rack,spring-operated jaws for the .clip normally adapted to grip a web plyand adapted to be released, and a finger-piece for shifting the clip andadapted to release the pawl to permit said shifting.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a travelingcarriageand a rev oluble platen, of feed rolls, a. frame in which said platen isadapted to be swung up clear of said feed rolls-to permit plies of weband carbon sheets to be straightened out beneath the platen, a shaft onwhich said frame is journaled, a line-space mechanism includin a pinionupon said shaft, a clip,

serted in front thereof, a line-space mechanism for the' platen, andmeans for automatically advancing the clip" at corresponding line-spaceintervals.

In-a typewritin machine, the combination with a revolu le platen, offeeding devices co-operating therewith, a swinging frame for said platento lift the same clear 'of said feeding devices, a clip above the platento hold the leading edges of worksheets and carbon-sheets operativelypositioned on the latter,"a guide upon which said clip is slidable, andmeans to hold said clip at line-space intervals on said guide.

18. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a revoluble platen,of feeding said clip to be advanced.

devices to co-operate therewith, a swinging frame to lift said platenclear of the feeding devices, a support above the platen, a leading-edgeclip slidable upon said support,

a line-space mechanism for said platen, a"

pinion rotatable about the axis on which said frame swings, said pinionforming a part of the line-space mechanism, and means whereby rotationof said pinion will cause 19. In a typewriting machine, in combination,a platen around which work-sheets are fed, a clip to grasp the leadingedges of work-sheets positioned on said platen, a. guide along whichsaid clip is slidable, and

I line-space mechanism for shifting said clip,

20. In a typewritingnachine,in combination, means including a revolubleplaten for feeding work-sheets a clip to grasp the 1e ading edges ofwork-sheets positioned on said platen, line-space mechanism for saidplaten;

and a 'connection between said line-space mechanism and said clip,whereby actuation of the former will effect line-space actuation of thelatter.

21. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a clip to graspthe" leading edges of Work-sheets on said platen, means effective atletter-space intervals to hold said clip against rearward movement, andlinespace means effective at each operation to advance said clip fromone holding position i to another.

22. In a typewriting machine, in combination,.line-space mechanism toadvance work- .sheets, a clip to engage theleading edges of saidwork-sheets, a manually-releasable device, effective at letter-spaceintervals to prevent backward movement of said clip,

and a connection" between said line-space mechanism and said clip,whereby actuation of the former will advance the'latter, said connectionincluding a friction device normally effective in advancing the clip,but adapted to permit a return movement of the clip when saidmanually-releasable device is released.

23. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a clip for engagement withthe leading edges of work-sheets, line-space mechanism, and a slipconnection between said-clip and said line-space mechanism, whereby theformer. will normally be advanced by the lat-- ter, but rearwardmovement of the clip will be permitted.

24. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a clip to graspat-their leading edges a plurality of sheets, including a carbon-sheetand a sheet on which a carbon-copy is to be made, a scale toindicate, bythe position of the leading edge of a work-sheeton which typing is to beeffected, the number of the printing line of the last-mentioned sheet,and line-space mechanism adapted, at each actuation, to advance saidclip and thereby advance the leading edges of the sheets clipped thereby from one division of said scale to'an-.

other. I

25. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a support toreceive work-webs from thedelivery side of the platen, a leading-edgeclip comprising a base member slidable on said support in the directionof web-feed, a normally ineffective-Ihovable clip member pivoted at anintermediate point on said base member and having leading-edge aligninglugs extend- I downwardly on each side of the base member, and means torender said movable clip member effective. A 26. In a typewritingmachine, in combination, a platen, a support to receive work-webs fromthe delivery side of the platen, said, support havingon its rearfacenotches at line-space intervals, a leadingedgeclip comprising a basemember slidable 'on said support in the direction of webfeed, a normallyineffective movable clip. member pivoted at an intermediate point onsaid basemember and having leading-edge aligning lugs extendingdownwardly on each side of the base member, meansto render said movableclip member effective, and

a pawl pivoted on said base member, so

that it mayengage the notches in the 'support and having wardly at apoint clear of the leading edges of work-'webs gaged by the lugs, saidfinger a finger projecting "up.-

serving as a means to move said pawl to ineffective position and toshift the clip.

27. In a typewriting machine, in. combination, a platen, a support toreceive work-websfrom the delivery side of the platen, a leading-edgeclip comprising a base-member slidable on said 'support in the directionof web-feed, a normally ineffective movable clip. member pivoted at an-in-- termediate point on said base member and.

having leading-edge aligning lugs extending downwardly on each side of'the base member, and means to render said movable clip member effectivecOmprising a cam havin a dwell portion to maintaln the'movab e clip-member in effective position when shifted .by the cam.

28.'In -a typewriting machine, in combination, agplaten, va support toreceive work-webs from the delivery side of the platen comprisinga-central member having notches at line-space intervals on its rearface, a leading-edge cli comprising a base member slidable on saicentral member, a normally ineffective movable". clip member, lugsextending upwardly from said base member to furnish a pivotal' supportfor said vmovable clip member, lugs extending downwardly from said'basemember on each side of said central member, a shaft extending. throughthe downwardly-extending handle fixed on said shaft, a cam fixed on saidshaft, said cam being adapted 'to' shift said movable clip member toeftion-t0 lock said movable clip member in effectiveposition, and a pawlloosely mount ed on said shaft and normally urged toI effective positionand having a dwell porfective positionto co-operate with said notches. i

291 In a typewriting machine, in combinarplaten may to permit plies ofweb and carbon-sheets to be straightened beneath'the platen,

side 0 one of said side members, and-a'cam to engage and actuatesaldoperatlng arm to,

render the upper clipmember effective. 7

p 30. In a typewritmg'machine, the combination with a traveling carriageand a revoluble platen, of feed rolls, a shaft mounted onsaid carriage,a platen supporting frame I mounted'on said'shaft so as to enablethepermit pliesv of line-space mechanism central late having on platen tobe swung clear of the feed rolls to web and carbon-sheets to bestraightened beneath the platen, a support above the platen, a clip tohold the web plies and carbon-sheets, said clip against the support andslidable thereon, a for said platen includ ing a. pinion on said shaft,said pinion having a projecting hub, a rotatable member 'mounted on saidhub, a friction device tending to cause said rotatable member to rotatewith said pinion, and an operating connection between the rotatablemember and the clip whereby the latter may be actuated by the former.

Y 31. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a travelingcarriage and a revoluble platen, of feed rolls, a shaft mounted on saidcarriage, a platen-supporting frame mounted on said shaft so as toenable the platen to be swung clear of the feed rolls to permitlplies ofweb-land carbon-sheets to be straightened beneath the platen, a supportabove the platen, a clip to hold the web plies and carbon-sheets, saidclip lying close against the support 'and slidable thereon, a

line-space mechanism for said platen includmounted on said hub', acollar fixed on the end of the hub, a-springmounted between said collarand said rotatable member to urge the same toward the pinion to cause itto rotate therewith, and an operating connection between the rotatablemember and the clip whereby the'latter' may be actuated by the former;

32. In a typewriting machine, the combi- ,nation with a travelingcarriage anda revoluble platen, of feedrolls, a pivotally mountedplaten-supporting frame whereby the be swung clear of the feed rollstable above the platen and comprising extensions, a turned-up edge onone,e'xtension forming a side gage for the plies of web, a

turned-up edge on the other extension formm a side gage for a separatework-sheet,

said last-mentioned extension having on itsfront face aline-spaced scaletobe ex osed between the. turn-up edge and the "ad acent edges of theplies of web and carbon-sheets, and onthe rear face a line-space scaleto facilitate positioning the leading-edge .of' the separate work-sheetwhen the frame is turned with the front scale facing downward anda-clip-to grip the leading ed of thd plies of web and carbon-sheets to'hfd the same against the table.

a HIRAMS. LASHER. Witnesses:

CATHERINE A, Nnwlmn,

- Enrrrr B, LIBBEY.

lying close a paper-'

